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Change Please Coffee Elephant Park

Coffee ShopsLondon, ENG

4.4 out of 5 stars4.4(204 reviews)

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131 Walworth Rd, London SE17 1RW, United Kingdom

About Change Please Coffee Elephant Park

Change Please Coffee Elephant Park is a coffee shop in London, on the main road side of Elephant Park at 131 Walworth Rd. It runs as a social enterprise, and its profits are reinvested in skills, training and jobs for people experiencing homelessness. The drinks list includes a blueberry matcha, alongside a gingerbread latte and a mocha. Food covers pastries, snacks and lunch items, with toasties and a giant cinnamon roll among them. The space is small, with four to five small tables, a high table facing the street and some bench seating. It is walk-in, so customers pick a table and the food is brought to them there. Opening hours extend into the evening.

Good to know

“Change Please is a social enterprise that serves great coffee while tackling homelessness. Every penny of profit is reinvested into helping people experiencing homelessness gain skills, training, and employment. Our Elephant Park café offers comfortable indoor seating and extended opening hours perfect for relaxing, working, or catching up late into the evening.”

  • Reservations
    Walk-in only
  • Accessibility
    Wheelchair: entrance, seating

Reviews

4.4/5
204 reviews

What reviewers say

Reviewers most often mention matcha, laptop-friendly seating with sockets, profits support homelessness charity and pastries and toasted ciabattas.

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145
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12
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14

Customer Review Summary

Reviewers most often single out the friendly staff, who greet regulars with a smile, remember their orders and chat with first-time visitors. Coffee and matcha draw repeat visits, with one regular returning for a blueberry matcha described as among the smoothest they have had, and another praising a gingerbread latte and the latte art. Pastries, toasted ciabattas, a giant cinnamon roll and a mocha round out what diners order. Many describe it as a good place to work on a laptop, with sockets at most seats and easy wifi, and several mention that all profits go to helping people experiencing homelessness. The main reservations concern quality and space. A few call the coffee ok or fine rather than special, one noting there are loads of similar cafés in London, and one found a limited choice of sandwiches and toasties. With only a handful of small tables, one diner found every table taken by solo laptop users, and another cautions against leaving belongings unattended outside. One reviewer was served food at the table without having to wait at the till.

Featured reviews

  • Google user
    “Nice coffee, friendly staff. Easy to sit down, have a coffee and get some work done on a laptop. 💻 ☕. No offense intended to the shop with the 4 star rating, I didn't give 5 star because it isn't anything special, there are loads of these café's in London.”
  • Google user
    “Good coffee and pastry and all the profits go to charity! Friendly service and a nice space to work.”
  • Google user
    “A last minute choice for a Sunday lunch before browsing around the area. Not a vast amount of options for sandwiches and toasties at the time we went, but we enjoyed the toasted ciabattas we picked out, alongside a giant cinnamon roll, mocha and matcha. We were told to pick a table and the food was served straight to us, we appreciated not having to wait around at the till. We sat along the high table looking out into the street. There's only about 5 tables, perfect for 2 people but annoyingly each table was taken by single individuals on their laptops”
  • Google user
    “Very pleasant and calm place, perfect for a coffee and a little treat. I was welcomed and served by Rhoda and Grace, who gave me great suggestions for visiting London and took the time to chat. They are absolutely lovely. I highly recommend this place!”
  • Google user
    “grace was an amazing barista to both me and my mom during our visit; we took quite a while to decide what we wanted and she had the most lovely smile on her face and helped us decide what was best (the gingerbread latte was a perfect recommendation) for us. i took a sip of my coffee before the photo because it was too beautiful to keep waiting, but that first sip was so delicious, the coffee was at a perfect temperature, the latte art was stunning, and the foam levels were just right; i had learned that grace was on her first week and was just absolutely shocked! her skills behind the bar made me assume she worked there for a while longer! she definitely made our morning and i 100% recommend going to Change Please just to see her and have a nice chat with someone who embodies sunshine so early in the day!”

Amenities

  • Wheelchair accessible entrance
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Accessibility· 1
  • Wheelchair accessible seating

Location

Coffee Shops near Change Please Coffee Elephant Park

Change Please Coffee Elephant Park
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  • 0.9 mi£1–10

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